My abusive ex used to demand I speak in a soft voice, higher pitched than my usual tones, because he thought I sounded "angry" all the time. I wasn't at first, but the more abusive he got the angrier I got until I divorced his ass.
Men demand that women smile in every conceivable situation where they wield power: street harassment; stepping over us at work; to diffuse anger in intimate partner relationships with hetero women. Blunt tool of privilege that the powerful wish to be placated about their abuse
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